THE PIZZA CONNECTION

He said: "When I talked to him about our intelligence agencies, what I said to him is that there are going to be times where you've got raw intelligence that comes in and in my experience, over eight years, the intelligence community is pretty good about saying 'look we can't say for certain what this means'."

The out-going president also commented on the fact he does not think Mr Trump has spent much time "sweating the details" of being president.

He said this could be a strength or a weakness as it could give him a fresh approach but also means he could be lacking in vital information.